The term negative refers to a property of negativity and may refer to: Science and mathematics Negative and non-negative numbers Negative mass Negative energy Negative (electricity) Negative lenses, uses to describe diverging optics. See Lens (optics) Photography Negative (photography), an image with inverted luminance or a strip of film with such an image Original camera negative, the film in a motion picture camera which captures the original image Paper negative, a negative image pr… (More on Negative)